Junior Java Full Stack: AI-Driven RAG Integration

BeaconFire Inc; Ohio; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BeaconFire Inc. is seeking a Java-focused software engineer to develop scalable web applications using Java 8/17, Spring Boot, and databases. You will work in an Agile Scrum team, own the full development lifecycle, and contribute to API development, observability, and security best practices.

The role emphasizes clean code, testing, code reviews, and documentation, with ongoing learning of Spring AI, LangChain4j, and RAG techniques to enhance AI-enabled features.

Qualifications

• Decent understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Basic programming skills using object-oriented programming languages with in-depth knowledge of common APIs and data structures like Collections, Maps, lists.
• Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), basic SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable web applications using Java 8/17, Spring Boot, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka.
• Write clean and efficient code, and ensure code maintainability and reusability.
• Conduct testing to ensure application reliability.
• Perform code reviews to ensure code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
• Participate in Agile Scrum team and own the full development lifecycle, including project planning, design, implementation, testing, and optimization.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for applications, APIs, and
• Ship to production: APIs, monitoring/observability, cost/performance optimization, CI/CD, and security best practices.
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies for Java development.
• Implement RAG pipelines using Spring AI and LangChain4j with vector database integration.
• Stay up to date with the latest RAG technologies and best practices, including chunking strategies, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and reranking techniques.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

NoSQL

Kafka

OOP

REST APIs

Education

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Maven

React.js

HTML

CSS

WebLogic

RabbitMQ

Job description

BeaconFire Inc. is seeking a Java-focused software engineer to develop scalable web applications using Java 8/17, Spring Boot, and databases. You will work in an Agile Scrum team, own the full development lifecycle, and contribute to API development, observability, and security best practices.

The role emphasizes clean code, testing, code reviews, and documentation, with ongoing learning of Spring AI, LangChain4j, and RAG techniques to enhance AI-enabled features.